“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”
Matthew 11:28
The longer we live as Christians, the more we see what often looks like opposing truths. In time, we understand God’s beautiful balance in these things. In Jesus there are both cloud and sunshine, problems and peace, giving and taking away, life and death, weariness and rejoicing.
There was both beauty and distress in the heart-stirring nativity story. When Jesus, the very Son of God, grew up, the greatest juxtaposition of events we’d ever know would meet up at Calvary. Out of agony and cruelty would come triumph and rescue, His suffering for our salvation.
In our deeply despairing times, God often enfolds us in His kindness. One of my sisters has come to mind as I write this. Her young husband went on to his heavenly home after nearly 11 years of struggle from a massive stroke. She cared for him and bore his burdens with him, many times through tears. But the Lord draped love and even joy over their broken dreams. This is what the real story of Christmas weaves into our lives. Because of Jesus, we can rejoice in the weariness of life.
There was both beauty and distress in the heart-stirring nativity story. When Jesus, the very Son of God, grew up, the greatest juxtaposition of events we’d ever know would meet up at Calvary. Out of agony and cruelty would come triumph and rescue, His suffering for our salvation.
In our deeply despairing times, God often enfolds us in His kindness. One of my sisters has come to mind as I write this. Her young husband went on to his heavenly home after nearly 11 years of struggle from a massive stroke. She cared for him and bore his burdens with him, many times through tears. But the Lord draped love and even joy over their broken dreams. This is what the real story of Christmas weaves into our lives. Because of Jesus, we can rejoice in the weariness of life.
Scripture Focus
Matthew 11:25-30
Insight
“Just a few more weary days and then/ I’ll flyaway,/ To a land where joys shall never end./ I’llfly away.” (Albert E. Brumley, 1929)
Bible In A Year
- Malachi 1-4
- Proverbs 31
- Revelation 20-22